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# The Facilitation and Recruitment Services for the Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-facilitation-and-recruitment-services-for-the-citizens-assembly-on-violence-against-wo-ocds-h6vhtk-055d0f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Maidstone Borough Council: "The Facilitation and Recruitment Services for the Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 11 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Maidstone Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/maidstone-borough-council-ons-e07000110)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 11 July 2025 at 00:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - open competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Miscellaneous services, Recruitment services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ46
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £135,864 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 5 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-facilitation-and-recruitment-services-for-the-citizens-assembly-on-violence-against-wo-ocds-h6vhtk-055d0f#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-055d0f`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-facilitation-and-recruitment-services-for-the-citizens-assembly-on-violence-against-wo-ocds-h6vhtk-055d0f#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission method:** *This Notice Was Published on Kent Business Portal on the 15th of April 2025, but was not uploaded to Find a Tender by Proactis*
All information can be found on Kent Business Portal -www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Project Title - Invitation to Tender For The Facilitation and Recruitment Services for the Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
Project Reference -  DN771661

## Description
*Due to errors with Kent Business Portal, this notice's dates are inaccurate*
Maidstone Borough Council is commissioning a Citizens' Assembly to explore and address the issue of Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in the borough. Following a Full Council motion on 4th December 2024, and a subsequent Housing and Community Cohesion Policy Advisory Committee meeting, it was agreed that the Council would implement a range of tools to reduce VAWG, including:
• Developing a broader VAWG Strategy
• Promoting a Women's Night-Time Safety Charter
• Leveraging licensing tools
• Making women's safety central to town planning
• Achieving White Ribbon accreditation.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Recruitment Services for Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79600000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0
- **Description:** The selected organisation will be responsible for the following:
• Design and Implementation of Sortition Process
o Develop a robust and transparent sortition methodology to ensure a
representative sample of Maidstone residents, reflecting the boroug...
- **Contract Period:** 30/07/2025 to 30/09/2025

### Lot 2: Facilitation of a Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 98300000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0
- **Description:** Maidstone Borough Council envisions the Citizens' Assembly comprising of an estimated 35-
40 people, broadly representative of the population, meeting for approximately 4 days of
learning and deliberation over the summer period of 2025.
The facilitat...
- **Contract Period:** 30/07/2025 to 30/09/2025

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** -1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Not published**

  - Date: 08/07/2025

- **Award:** The Facilitation Services for the Citizens' Assembly on Violence Against Women and Girls (active)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **The Involve Foundation**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-173437`
  - Value: £135,864 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 08/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F039009-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-07-15T11:36:49.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T18:05:10.665Z
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